NASA's Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
The American romantic comedy 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' starring Audrey Hepburn, was released in the US.
Formation of Federal Republic of Cameroon.
Dissolution of the United Arab Republic.
Boeing CH-47 Chinook takes flight for the first time.
Pakistan established its national space agency, the SUPARCO.
Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.
The Antarctic Treaty comes into force.
Kuwait declared its independence from the UK.
South Africa becomes an independent republic.
The Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, is assassinated.
Amnesty International is founded.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to outer space.
Fidel Castro banned elections and declared Cuba to be a socialist nation.
Sierra Leone becomes an independent republic.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
The world's first person visited space.
The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins.
The 23rd Amendment was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in US elections.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 was launched into orbit.
President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
Jane Fonda starts her acting career with 'A String of Beads' on NBC.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
Patsy Cline released her single 'I Fall to Pieces.'
Elvis Presley reached number one in the UK charts with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'
Walt Disney's animation '101 Dalmatians' was released in theaters.
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
Patrice Lumumba is murdered with support from western governments.
The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
The red robin was officially named Britain's National Bird.
First episode of Coronation Street airs.
The first Domino's Pizza opened in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovered a 1.4 million-year-old Homo erectus in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.
Mirabal sisters assassinated by Trujillo regime.
Ruby Bridges became the first African American girl to take classes at an all-white school in Louisiana.
A chimpanzee was observed for the first time making and using tools.
The US government began its trade embargo against Cuba.
Nikita Khrushchev allegedly brandishes his shoe at the United Nations.
The American epic historical drama movie 'Spartacus' premiered in New York City.
Nigeria, Africa, gained its independence from British rule.
American animated sitcom 'The Flintstones,' which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
Mali Federation becomes Mali.
Baghdad Conference Begins.
The First election of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile is held.
Senegal withdraws from the Mali Federation.
